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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Family of Darius before Alexander

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
18.1 × 22.2 cm (7.1 × 8.7 in)

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